Indoor Tanning

A new study reports that using tanning beds is associated with nearly triple the risk of melanoma and with pervasive DNA damage across the skin, including in areas that are usually protected from the sun. Researchers from Northwestern University and the University of California, San Francisco, examined medical records and carried out genomic analyses to reach these conclusions. The findings, published on December 12 in Science Advances, are prompting calls for stronger public health warnings against indoor tanning.